Will-o

The Will-o--the-Wisp Tannim had encountered had not been content with trying to lure him away to his death; when he had not cooperated, it had tried to frighten him into a morass.

The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993

I don't know who owns the swamp, but I suspect something like the Will-o--the-Wisps.

The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993

I kept on the cattle station, by the aid of the Will-o '- the-Wisp, for about two years after Vivian's departure (we had then had it altogether for five).

The Caxtons — Volume 17 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

And when he came to himself again, he knew not what had befallen him, till, at length, he found that it was his fate to hover, without rest or change, over the surface of the bog as a Will-o '- the-wisp.

Peter Schlemihl Adelbert von Chamisso 1809

Mr. John Reid, principal lightkeeper, who also acted as master of the floating light during the working months at the rock, described the appearance of numerous lights situated so low in the water, when seen at the distance of two or three miles, as putting him in mind of Milton's description of the fiends in the lower regions, adding, 'for it seems greatly to surpass Will-o' - the-Wisp, or any of those earthly spectres of which we have so often heard. '

Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

Thus ends the story of the last of the conquistadores, who had found only villages of barbarians and tribes of half-naked savages, and returned empty-handed from his long chase after the Will-o’ the-wisp of Quivira and its fleeting treasures.

Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Charles Morris 1877